mr_a:There is NO REASON on earth why you should be pointing a weapon at a 4 year-old. None.

You lack creativity.

Imagine: Mom's wigging out, and you need to subdue her without bloodshed. She doesn't know you're a pacifist and is giving you all kinds of holy hell. Point your (uncocked) glock at her kid at tell her if she doesn't get her yenta ass in the trunk you'll have to do something you don't want to do (which is leave without her in the trunk).

Of course, that would make you seven kinds of evil on other fronts, but not a child endangerer.

Fulcher ordered the kids to put their hands on their heads, get off the vehicle and lie down on the ground. The 16-year-old driver apologized, but Fulcher cocked the hammer on the revolver and pointed the gun at the driver's head and told him he'd be the "first to go." He kept his finger on the trigger.

Another child attempted to garner some sympathy from Fulcher, telling him it was one girl's birthday. Fulcher was unmoved. "Well, this will be a birthday she won't forget," Fulcher said.

What?! What the holy hell is wrong with this guy??

Two of the children were praying. Fulcher was agitated throughout the incident, repeatedly asking the driver if he understood what would happen to him if he pulled the trigger.

I've been in this situation before, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Unused two track through the woods, and all of a sudden guy with shotgun is aiming at the lead 4x4 looking rather pissed we're tearing up his "back driveway". You can see his house through a break in the trees, but this was not a driveway by any stretch of the imagination. We thought we were on a designated offroading trail too.

He let us go at least. And thankfully none of the people in our group that were armed brandished their guns.

doglover:mr_a: There is NO REASON on earth why you should be pointing a weapon at a 4 year-old. None.

You lack creativity.

Imagine: Mom's wigging out, and you need to subdue her without bloodshed. She doesn't know you're a pacifist and is giving you all kinds of holy hell. Point your (uncocked) glock at her kid at tell her if she doesn't get her yenta ass in the trunk you'll have to do something you don't want to do (which is leave without her in the trunk).

Of course, that would make you seven kinds of evil on other fronts, but not a child endangerer.

mr_a:I am a gun-owner, a lover of all kinds of target shooting, an NRA member, a 2nd amendment supporter, etc etc etc.

There is NO REASON on earth why you should be pointing a weapon at a 4 year-old. None.

His weapons should be confiscated and he should be banned from ever owning a weapon of any sort again. He has demonstrated quite clearly he is incapable of safely handling a weapon.

And I believe most NRA members would agree with me. No one hates irresponsible use of firearms more than people who like guns.

I think this is a great post and I think you are right. The difficulty is while I bet most NRA members would agree with you, I'm absolutely sure the NRA itself would disagree with you. Like this guy, the NRA has gone quite insane.

Fulcher ordered the kids to put their hands on their heads, get off the vehicle and lie down on the ground. The 16-year-old driver apologized, but Fulcher cocked the hammer on the revolver and pointed the gun at the driver's head and told him he'd be the "first to go." He kept his finger on the trigger.

Another child attempted to garner some sympathy from Fulcher, telling him it was one girl's birthday. Fulcher was unmoved. "Well, this will be a birthday she won't forget," Fulcher said.

highendmighty:HotWingConspiracy: Dimensio: HotWingConspiracy: This is another one of those responsible gun owners I head so much about. More people like this should own deadly weapons, it makes us all safer.

I am curious: do you suffer physical discomfort as a direct consequence of your mental incompetence, or do your intellectual deficiencies instead produce a continuous state of euphoria?

Guns r cool man

Like any tool, they serve a purpose. Just don't let any tool have them.